Studio 4 was an acting and filmmaking school located in New York City and Los Angeles, founded by American actor James Franco in 2014.

Studio 4 claimed it was created to provide a place for students to be grounded in acting and focus on performance while not having to be tied up with additional school requirements.

[4][5] The school offered a two-year Meisner technique conservatory study for actors and ongoing screenwriting and directing courses that were instructed by working industry professionals.

According to The New York Times, the plaint alleges that the program "was little more than a scheme to provide him and his male collaborators with a pool of young female performers that they could take advantage of."

[6] On June 30, 2021, James Franco, Vince Jolivette, and Jay Davis agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit led by Sarah Tither-Kaplan and Toni Gaal, former students of Studio 4, for $2,235,000.